Pushed Nude Into This Assignment

“Pushed nude into this assignment” is my favorite description of birth. It’s from a poem in the 1943 Oscar Williams anthology, which I’ve misplaced. Anybody out there knows whose poem it is, let me know.

Onward to SuttonBeresCuller, whose image of a burdened newborn brought the phrase to mind.

They’re performing Saturday night at the Northwest New Works Festival at OnTheBoards.

SBC hit the main stage with “10 to 6,” featuring a score of musicians/actors/dancers who enact the complicated life alternatives of a fictional character, an anonymous office worker whose future is behind him.

Also on the bill are David Schmader, the brilliant writer of “Last Days” at the Stranger, musing about litter; Selfick Ng-Simancas’ solo blend of history, dance and video, and Kerry Parker/Kevin Kovalchik, exploring Persephone’s yearly underground descent. (8 p.m. $14. 100 West Roy St.)